gsd-review-backlog

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Lets your agent review backlog items and promote them to an active milestone.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the gsd-review-backlog skill

About this capability

Review and promote backlog items to active milestone

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by open-gsd/gsd-core in skills/gsd-review-backlog/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

  1. List backlog items:

    _BACKLOG=( .planning/phases/999* )
    if [ -e "${_BACKLOG[0]}" ]; then ls -d "${_BACKLOG[@]}"; else echo "No backlog items found"; fi
    
  2. Read ROADMAP.md and extract all 999.x phase entries:

    cat .planning/ROADMAP.md
    

    Show each backlog item with its description, any accumulated context (CONTEXT.md, RESEARCH.md), and creation date.

  3. Present the list to the user via AskUserQuestion:

    • For each backlog item, show: phase number, description, accumulated artifacts
    • Options per item: Promote (move to active), Keep (leave in backlog), Remove (delete)
  4. For items to PROMOTE:

    • Find the next sequential phase number in the active milestone
    • Rename the directory from 999.x-slug to {new_num}-slug:
      NEW_NUM=$(gsd-tools query phase.add "${DESCRIPTION}" --raw)
      
    • Move accumulated artifacts to the new phase directory
    • Update ROADMAP.md: move the entry from ## Backlog section to the active phase list
    • Remove (BACKLOG) marker
    • Add appropriate **Depends on:** field
  5. For items to REMOVE:

    • Delete the phase directory
    • Remove the entry from ROADMAP.md ## Backlog section
  6. Commit changes:

    gsd-tools query commit "docs: review backlog — promoted N, removed M" --files .planning/ROADMAP.md
    
  7. Report summary:

    ## 📋 Backlog Review Complete
    
    Promoted: {list of promoted items with new phase numbers}
    Kept: {list of items remaining in backlog}
    Removed: {list of deleted items}
    

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github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core